APRIL 10TH 2026
Mass incarceration is deeply intertwined with today’s political and social crises. Resisting fascism and building a better world requires people with different perspectives working together. This symposium is a space to connect, share stories, and exchange strategies — to spark new possibilities and expand the many paths toward abolition. Join us in San Francisco on April 9-10, 2026, to build bonds, share stories, embody resistance, and collectively explore practices of liberation with others.
The mission of the UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice is to expand the legal community’s discourse on the structural inequities subordinating our communities and to inspire actionable solutions. The UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice strives to accomplish this by advancing progressive, intersectional, and innovative scholarship and lawyering. We aim to disrupt the landscape of legal academia by creating a space to interrogate disparities in the legal system and to amplify tools and strategies for effecting meaningful change that prioritizes human rights.
ROOT Legal is a nonprofit law firm and community organizing project building alternatives to the criminal legal system. We blend legal representation, mediation, transformative justice, and lived-experience research to support court-designated victims (CDVs) who seek safety and accountability outside of carceral systems.
Our model helps CDVs resolve cases and access care without relying on prosecution, while offering non-punitive paths to accountability. Recognizing that communities most impacted by harm are often the most abandoned by legal institutions, we co-create support systems rooted in community-defined safety, not surveillance or coercion.
Grounded in participatory defense and movement lawyering, ROOT Legal works in deep coalition with grassroots partners, because we know legal advocacy alone can’t dismantle systems built on punishment and exclusion.